Umbrella and parasol handle.



. S. S. FRETZ.

UMBRELLA AND PARAsoL HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1912.

Patented June 23, 1914.

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SAMUEL S. FRETZ, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

UMBRELLA AND PARASGL HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 23, 1914.

Application filed May 16, 1912, Serial No. 697,651.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. FRETZ, a citizenof the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia,State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Umbrella andParasol Handle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a detachable handle for an umbrella, parasol orlike article, and consists in forming the stick of such article ofdetachable sections adapting them to be telescopically fitted togetherand connected and provided with means in one section for receiving theinward thrust of the other section, thus firmly sustaining the latterand strengthening the joint of the sections of the stick.

Figure l represents a side elevation of a portion of an umbrella handleembodying my invent-ion. Fig, 2 represents a partial side elevation andpartial longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 8 represents a perspectiveview of a detached member thereof. Fig. 4 represents a longitudinalsection of another embodiment of my invention, the members thereofbeingseparated. Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of a member detachedfrom said Fig. 4.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings: 1 and 2 designate sections of a tubular stickof an umbrella or parasol, the upper end of the section 2 being ofgreater diameter so as to receive therein telescopically the lower endof the section 1. Within the section 2 is the springcatch 8, whose nose4 is adapted to pass through the registering slots 5 in the sections 1and 2 respectively, thus locking said sections as one. The lower portion6 of the section 2 is of less diameter than the upper portion, formingat the places of junction of the narrow and wide diameters of saidsections the tapering neck 7 which is below the lower end of the section1, its narrow diameter being below. The portion 6 of the section l isadapted to enter the bore of the handle 8 of the umbrella and to besecured firmly thereto in any suitable manner. Vithin the section 2below the lower end of the section 1, is the plug 9 which fully occupiesthe bore of said section and is iXed therein, it being provided with ahead 10 of greater width, the same being seated upon the inner wall ofthe tapering neck 7 as a shoulder, whereby it is sustained firmly in therespective section and prevented from dropping therein, it being seenalso that the lower terminal of the section 1 rests on said head,whereby said section is firmly sustained on the plug and the latterforms an abutment to receive the inward thrust of the sections l and 2on each other in the longitudinal direction of the handle of theumbrella or parasol while the sections are vastly stiened and strengthened at the joint thereof about the neck 7, said joint otherwise beingweak and liable to yield laterally and this is prevented by said plugwith its head.

In Fig. 4 I show the upper side of the head 10 of the plug as formedwith a transversely-extending rib or ridge 11, and the lower edge of thesection 1 is formed with recesses 12, the latter receiving said rib 11,so as to interlock said section and plug and assist in preventing therotation of the sections 1 and 2 one on the other, and consequenttwisting of the stick or staff at the joint of the sections. It isevident that when the nose 4 is pressed in to suiiicient extent, thesections 1 and 2 are unlocked when they may be separated and the handleportion detached, and folded as usual with detachable handles ofarticles of the kind.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure as Letters Patent, is

1. In a detachable handle of an umbrella, a stick composed of a sectionhaving portions of different diameters, and a tapered neck intermediateof said portions, a plug tightly occupying the portion of the sectionhaving the smaller diameter and provided with a laterally enlarged headwhich is seated on the inner wall of said tapered neck, the othersection of the stick being telescopically fitted in the portion of therst named section of the greater diameter and having its inner edgeseated solidly on said head.

2. In a detachable handle of an umbrella, a stick composed of a sectionhaving portions of different diameters, and a taper neck intermediate ofsaid portions, a plug tightly occupying the portion of the sectionhaving the smaller diameter and provided with a laterally enlarged headwhich is seated on the inner vwall of said tapered neck, the

other section of the stick being telescopit said rib when Within theportion of the other cally fittegd ln the portion of the first namedsection of the greater diameter.

section o t e greater dia-meter and avin its inner edge seated solidlyon said headg, SAMUEL S' FRETZ' said head being provided with a,projecting Witnesses:

rib, and the inner edge of the last named JoHN A. WEIDERSHMM,

section having a recess adapted to receive N. BUSSINGER.

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